Dr. Julie Whitbeck

Courses taught at Tulane

1996 Spring

EEOB 666 Restoration Ecology

1996 Fall

EEOB 404-01 General Ecology

EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections)

EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (3 different student projects)

EEOB 710 Topics in Plant Ecology (4 students)

1997 Spring

EEOB 101 Diversity of Life

EEOB 611 Tropical Ecology COLL Yucatan Colloquium (participating faculty)

EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (2 different student projects)

1997 Fall

EEOB 404-01 General Ecology

EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections)

EEOB 602 Plant Ecology

EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (2 different student projects)

EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student)

1998 Spring

EEOB 607 Restoration Ecology

EEOB 496 Undergraduate Directed Study (1 student)

EEOB 710 Graduate Directed Study (1 student)

1998 Fall

EEOB404-01 General Ecology

EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections)

EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (1 student project)

EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student)

1999 Spring

EEOB 611 Tropical Ecology

EEOB 666-01 Global Environmental Change

EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student)

1999 Fall

EEOB404-01 General Ecology

EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections)

EEOB 602 Plant Ecology

EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (1 student project)

EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student)

2000 Spring

EEOB 607 Restoration Ecology

EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (1 student project)

Supervised three undergraduate Honors theses,

Jenny Carroll (N ‘98), M. Danielle King (N ’98) and Tihisia Boshart (in progress, N’01), and served on three other Honors thesis committees (A. Medori, N ’98; R. Pittman, ENG ’99, J. Kaban, N’00).

Graduate Students:

Philip Shannin, M.S. 1997.

Marcus Wasilevich, a fifth year graduate student (F’00), and Ph.D. candidate as of Spring ‘99;

Xiaoli Yao, who entered the Ph.D. program in Fall 1998 and stayed for only one year;

Patrick Herron, who entered the MS program in Fall 1999 as an RA with Whitbeck’s tropical dry forest root ecology project, but left upon Whitbeck’s leaving Tulane.

Served on four completed doctoral committees (Dana Thomas, Weixin Dong, Rebecca Fry, Martha Glasgow) and one completed thesis master committee (Amy Bennett) at Tulane and presently serve on four Tulane doctoral committees (Christopher Brown, Mike Tercek & Marcus Wasilevich).

Teaching Experience Courses taught at Tulane 1996 Spring EEOB 666 Restoration Ecology 1996 Fall EEOB 404-01 General Ecology EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections) EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (3 different student projects) EEOB 710 Topics in Plant Ecology (4 students) 1997 Spring EEOB 101 Diversity of Life EEOB 611 Tropical Ecology COLL Yucatan Colloquium (participating faculty) EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (2 different student projects) 1997 Fall EEOB 404-01 General Ecology EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections) EEOB 602 Plant Ecology EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (2 different student projects) EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student) 1998 Spring EEOB 607 Restoration Ecology EEOB 496 Undergraduate Directed Study (1 student) EEOB 710 Graduate Directed Study (1 student) 1998 Fall EEOB404-01 General Ecology EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections) EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (1 student project) EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student) 1999 Spring EEOB 611 Tropical Ecology EEOB 666-01 Global Environmental Change EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student) 1999 Fall EEOB404-01 General Ecology EEOB 404-4x General Ecology laboratory (2 sections) EEOB 602 Plant Ecology EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (1 student project) EEOB 710 Graduate directed study (1 student) 2000 Spring EEOB 607 Restoration Ecology EEOB 496-xx Undergraduate Directed Studies (1 student project) Supervised three undergraduate Honors theses, Jenny Carroll (N ‘98), M. Danielle King (N ’98) and Tihisia Boshart (in progress, N’01), and served on three other Honors thesis committees (A. Medori, N ’98; R. Pittman, ENG ’99, J. Kaban, N’00). Graduate Students: Philip Shannin, M.S. 1997. Marcus Wasilevich, a fifth year graduate student (F’00), and Ph.D. candidate as of Spring ‘99; Xiaoli Yao, who entered the Ph.D. program in Fall 1998 and stayed for only one year; Patrick Herron, who entered the MS program in Fall 1999 as an RA with Whitbeck’s tropical dry forest root ecology project, but left upon Whitbeck’s leaving Tulane. Served on four completed doctoral committees (Dana Thomas, Weixin Dong, Rebecca Fry, Martha Glasgow) and one completed thesis master committee (Amy Bennett) at Tulane and presently serve on four Tulane doctoral committees (Christopher Brown, Mike Tercek & Marcus Wasilevich).